Forty days in the desert, or the track of the Israelites; or, a journey from Cairo, by Wady Feiran, to Mount Sinai and Petra. By the author of "Walks about Jerusalem".London, Arthur Hall & Co., [ca. 1862?]. 4to. With a steel engraved frontispiece: a view of Cairo and the valley of the Nile, and an engraved title-page with view on the Approach to Petra, typographic title-page, a folding map (228 x 264 mm) of "Arabia Petraea", embracing the Peninsula of Mount Sinai with the route taken by W. Hughes with a view of Suez in the lower left corner, 25 full page steel engraved plates with protective tissue paper by E. Brandard, J.C. Bently, J. Cousen, and A. Willmore, and 18 illustrations in the text by J. Cooper and others. Original dark purple gold-tooled buckram.
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vi, 204 pp.A fascinating account by William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854) of his forty-day journey in October-December 1845 through the Egyptian desert. He followed in the footsteps of the Israelites, who were led out of Egypt by Moses, from Cairo, along the east side of the Gulf of Suez to Mount Serbal, then east to the Gulf of Aqaba, and north to Petra. The book was published in a number of similar editions, most of them by Arthur Hall in London. Binding a bid faded, head and foot of spine worn, hinges weak, frontispiece and engraved title half loose and stained, map and plates slightly foxed, the text is printed in ruled frames, with a handwritten, with decorated initials in red, dedication on the verso of the first flyleaf: "To our dear Mother, Jan. 22 1850". In this work, Bartlett gives a captivating account of his travels in Egypt.l Blackmer 1138; Hilmy I, p. 55. cf. DNB 3, p. 335; Hage Chahine 333-334 (other eds.).
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- Forty days in the desert, or the track of the Israelites; or, a journey from Cairo, by Wady Feiran, to Mount Sinai and Petra. By the author of "Walks about Jerusalem".London, Arthur Hall & Co., [ca. 1862?]. 4to. With a steel engraved frontispiece: a view of Cairo and the valley of the Nile, and an engraved title-page with view on the Approach to Petra, typographic title-page, a folding map (228 x 264 mm) of "Arabia Petraea", embracing the Peninsula of Mount Sinai with the route taken by W. Hughes with a view of Suez in the lower left corner, 25 full page steel engraved plates with protective tissue paper by E. Brandard, J.C. Bently, J. Cousen, and A. Willmore, and 18 illustrations in the text by J. Cooper and others. Original dark purple gold-tooled buckram.
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